Uwe Rösler, the manager, insists it’s a derby. Richard Lee, his goalkeeper, is
sure it feels like it is. There are only six miles, as the crow flies,
between Griffin Park and Stamford Bridge, after all. When Brentford host
Chelsea in the FA Cup tomorrow, it should be a derby. It must be a derby.

It’s just that it feels so, well, so nice.

This corner of Hounslow is terra firma for the visiting team for a start. The
club use Griffin Park for their under-21 games, evidence of cordial
boardroom relations between West London’s richest club and their poor